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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4802216, member: 74834&quot;]Well, as a matter of fact...</p><p>For my collection of Sogdian coins I bought this some years ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>AE South-Sogd. King of Kesh, about 500-700. Kashka Darya area (now in Uzbekistan), Mint Nakhsheb. Obv. Head of king to left, long hairs at his back and long ribbons sprouting out. Inscription to the left: KWS MLK. Rev. Figure stabs mountain lion standing on its hind legs. 17 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166255[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And then I saw this type with a comparable reverse, about 1000 years earlier. </p><p>I don&#039;t own it, this coin is from Coinarchives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phoenicia, Sidon. Baalshallim II, circa 401-366 BC. 1/16 Shekel (Silver, 10 mm, 0.72 g). Phoenician galley left; (&#039;b&#039; in Phoenician) above, waves below. Rev. Persian king or hero, holding dagger in his right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; (&#039; in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166257[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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